La Femme d'une nuit (1930)
Directed by Marcel L'Herbier

Comedy

Film Synopsis

A lieutenant in the French navy is on the point of committing suicide when he meets a beautiful stranger. Having fallen in love with her, he follows her and discovers that she is the heiress to the throne of a kingdom. When he learns that the woman is to be married to a nobleman, the lieutenant absconds with her...

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Film Credits

Director: Marcel L'Herbier
Script: Marcel L'Herbier, Alfred Machard (novel)
Cinematographer: Léonce-Henri Burel, Nikolai Toporkoff
Music: Michel Michelet
Cast: Francesca Bertini (La princesse de Lystrie), Jean Murat (Jean d'Armont), Boris de Fast (Portier lystrien), Andrews Engelmann (Portier lystrien), Antonin Artaud (Jaroslav), Georges Tréville, Shorer, Pierre Juvenet, Hector Leopold, Raymond Narlay, Marion Gerth, Marthe Sarbel, Pierre Labry
Country: France
Language: French
Support: Black and White
Runtime: 100 min

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